anchorage
see also: Anchorage
Noun
Anchorage
Pronunciation
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see also: Anchorage
Noun
anchorage
- (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..
- (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
- (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
- 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- French: ancrage
- German: Ankerplatz
- Italian: ancoraggio
- Portuguese: ancoradouro, ancoragem, fundeadouro
- Russian: я́корная стоя́нка
- Spanish: fondeadero, anclaje
- Portuguese: ancoragem
- Spanish: anclaje
- Russian: опо́ра
Anchorage
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹɪdʒ/
- A large coastal city in Alaska.
- German: Anchorage
- Portuguese: Anchorage
- Russian: А́нкоридж
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